Philippines surpasses half million COVID-19 cases
The Philippines has surpassed half a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, January 17.
On that day, the DOH reported 1,895 new infections and 11 deaths, bringing total cases to 500,577 and the death toll to 9,895.
The number of recoveries increased by 5,868 to reach 465,991, while active cases stood at 24,691.
Health authorities had anticipated a post-holiday spike in cases following over 2,000 new infections reported on both Friday and Saturday preceding the milestone.
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